In regards to being held to a higher standard - I can't site any example other than the nurse practice act I had to read last week (yes I'm a student, and yes I plowed through the whole thing and every regulation I could locate). I'm sure this varie...
Hey brickyard - outstanding post. I'm a total noob to this field but my very early observation is that Nursing is waaaay under rated. This article sheds a lot of light as to why and how that happened. UNC? How could you?! (I'm a State and Duke gra...
I am about to become an "old-new" nurse and I say bring it on! I haven't been attacked as a student (at least not yet). I'm hoping things will go well on the job (they went well during my externship). People in all walks of life seem to take great ...
ICUPM replied to PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN's topic in General Nursing
You hit the nail on the head, as did NREMT-P/RN. It's not the reality that will get you ... the accusation can destroy you. Truth has nothing to do with it. I am male, I've completed my OB rotations with full particiation and no problems. The onl...
I'm glad to hear about the accreditation. It will help. If there was a combined RN/Paramedic program available in my area I would have signed up. I'm pretty sure PVCC over near UVa and NOVA both have Paramedic degree programs now. There are paramed...
BTW - when I referred to "any idiot" and "anyone off the street" I was NOT referring to Paramedics. There's more to being a Paramedic than starting IV's as well ...
Markdanurse ... points well stated. VAMedic : well - not exactly. I am in Virginia, I run rescue as an EMT-B, and I'm soon to be an RN. MANY paramedics enter non-degree certification programs in VA without taking anything like the course work that ...
I'ts all supply and demand. If BSN's could clearly deliver superior results that employers needed, and if employers needed those results in excess of the number of BSN's graduating, then BSN pay would rise. Results count. In our field we call that...